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After months of battling sweltering heat and drought, a bit of good news emerged for farmers
yesterday: The U.S. Agriculture Department revised its estimates for soybean production higher to
2.86 billion bushels, a sign that the drought had less of an impact on the crop than feared.

However, the department, for the fourth consecutive month, lowered its estimates for corn — to
10.706 billion bushels.